Hey, what's up, man? What's up? >> In Springfield, Missouri. Well, >> hang out right here for a second. Are you the only one inside? >> The police do not have a warrant. >> Hey, listen. I don't answer questions and I'm going to need y'all to get the off my property. No, sir. Sir, I need you to come back over here now. >> The cops refuse to leave and say they are investigating a parked Jeep. >> Excuse me. Get out of here. >> Yeah, somebody called about this Jeep out here. >> They said it's running and there's nobody in it. So, they just wanted to make sure everything was all right. Okay. And then we heard some yelling when we were knocking on the door. Is everything okay? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. Christina, >> man, it's Terry, the woman's boyfriend. >> I still run this house. I'm going to get in the house. >> Sorry, that's not happening. You're getting >> detained. Shut the door. Go inside. >> Shut the door. Go inside. >> You're back. >> You're getting detained is all. But it wasn't all because moments later with Terry Cuffton on the ground, his brother showed up. >> Hey. Nope. Nope. Stay back here. >> Stay back here. Stay back here. >> Hey, don't touch me. Stay back here. Stay back. You're going to be back. >> Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. >> Then still on their own property, the woman and Terry's brother complaining about the arrest get assaulted. >> Back up now. >> Back up now. Back up now. That make you feel better? >> Back up. >> I got him. Feel better. Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. For what? >> Put your hands behind your back. >> Help me. Help me. Please don't let me die. >> This incident on March 19th, 2024 has led to widespread complaints about the Springfield police, humiliation for city leaders, and a potential lawsuit. It all began around 4:00 in the afternoon when police officers Louisie Franchie and Isaiah Housenap responded to a call about an unoccupied Jeep with the engine on and went to the front porch of that house. While one officer stayed at the front door and kept knocking, the other walked over to the driveway. >> Hey, what's up, man? >> What's up? >> Well, hang out right here for a second. Are you the only one inside? >> Hey, listen. I don't answer questions, and I'm going to need y'all to get the my property. >> No, sir. Sir, I need you to come back over here now. called about this Jeep out here. I said it's running and there's nobody in it. They just want to make sure everything. >> Okay. And then we heard some yelling when we were knocking on the door. Is everything okay? >> Yes, everything is okay. With no warrant and no reasonable articulable suspicion that a crime has been committed and family yelling is not a crime, legal experts say the police should have left as requested. Hey, Christina. I still run this house. I'm going to get in the house. >> All right, that's not happening. We're getting detained. >> Shut the door. Go inside. >> Shut the door and go inside your bag. Find your bag. Detained. >> You're getting detained, is all. >> No, the cameras. >> Yes, sir. >> Legal experts say this is an unlawful detainment. >> All right. You want to just take him over by the Jeep? Not on downwind of the Jeep. This stuff's going to Hey, >> my door. >> We need to talk to you as all. >> Oh, you need to talk to me. >> Yes. >> Get away from the door. >> Hey, what up? >> So, we got call over here for a bunch of yelling. We show up. There's a bunch of yelling going on. >> Okay. >> I'm talking to whoever she is. >> Okay. And then this gentleman comes outside and starts pushing her back inside. So he's detained her. We need to We do need to talk to her. We need to talk to everyone else. We need to talk to Hey, what the you got going on? >> Hey. Nope. Nope. Stay back here. >> Stay back here. Stay back here. Hey, don't touch me. Stay back. Stay back. You're going to be back. >> Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Don't touch me, bro. Stay back. >> Don't touch me. Stay back. Stop touching me. >> You want to stay away from my partner? Problem. Stop touching me. >> Step away. >> Get your hands off of me, bro. Am I touching you? >> Step away. >> Am I touching you? >> Step back. >> Am I touching you? >> Step back. Problem. >> I'm standing right here. Step back. >> Am I pushing? Step back. >> Am I trying to move? You are. You're not. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. >> No, I'm not. Good. >> Let him go, bro. Let him go, bro. Let him go, bro. >> Let him go, bro. >> Come on. Step back. Step back. >> Let him go, bro. Step back. >> Let him go, bro. As soon as he starts acting, stop acting fool. >> Okay. Good for you. >> Go in the house. Go in the house, bro. In the house. Go in the house, bro. >> Go from the window. >> I ain't going to do nothing. Oh, god. We're here investigating a domestic disturbance. There is no domestic disturbance. Me and my brother are having a conversation. This is his It's him and his best friend. Me. Okay. Who's got nothing to do with no female or nobody else. It's him and his best friend. We've been friends for 15 plus years. Is going to squabble. Go argue. That's just what do arguing is fine, but at this point he's resisting our investigation. He's handcuffed. And how is he resisting? He's hand cutting, bro. Because he's handcuffed for no reason, bro. He ain't did [ __ ] >> He ain't did [ __ ] He's handcuffing me. Stop touching me. Stop touching me. Stop touching me. Getting up on me. Stop touching me. >> Stop getting up on me. >> Stop me or you guys are both going to go to jail. >> I don't give a Stop touching me. I ain't touched you. Stop touching me. Let him go. He ain't being. We two brothers. Can I talk to this man? That's a man behind you. Can I talk to him? >> Wait until he stops acting. >> That's a man behind you. Can I talk to him? >> No. >> All right. Whatever. >> Stop, bro. Stop, bro. >> Help me. >> I ain't even doing all of this. Are you for real? Are you for real? Get back now. >> Hey, you're going to get tased if you don't get back, bro. I'm standing here. Step away from me. Step away now. Get away. Step away now. Get away. >> I'm standing right here doing nothing. Come on now. >> Get away. >> For real, bro. >> Yes. >> For real, bro. >> Right the Get back. >> Oh, you're going in cuffs, too. >> I can't breathe. Help me. Listen to those. >> Get away from us right now, bro. Go. He ain't ain't this. He hasn't done a thing, bro. when he made it hard for you to corral him. >> That's it. Right now he's going to jail. >> All right. And I'll get him out. >> Then what? >> You can get him out tomorrow. >> What do you mean he going to go to Wayne? >> I don't even know. I've done nothing. >> I can't breathe. >> I can't breathe. >> Stop moving. >> I'm trying. Please. I can't breathe this. >> You can yell. You can breathe >> a little bit. this a lot, >> man. Stay back. Step back. Stay back. >> We got two that are non cooperative and one. I don't even know why they're here. Back up now. Back up now. Back up now. Back up now. Back up now. Back up. Get out of here. Back up now. Don't do that. Back up now. Back up now. >> I make you feel better. Back up. I got hit feel better. I got your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. What? >> Put your hands behind your back. >> Help me. Help me. Please don't let me die. >> Please don't let me die. Just let just let my legs go this way. >> I can breathe. Just let you release the channels. We have two to say. >> Please help me. >> A police supervisor then arrived and asked Terry, the first man arrested, if there had been an argument. Did you see an argument? >> I mean, we were all having conversations like not not anything even remotely worthy. [Music] >> McDonald's compound driving. >> So So what's happening with my officers today? Like why why are we all rolling around on the ground? >> No, I'm asking you. I know. I I I don't know. I I don't know why I'm in cuffs. Like Like I came around the back, right? Because my daughter came and she was like, "Hey, there's a cops outside." >> You see my car right there at the right side. >> Whenever I pull up, you're rolling on the ground with my >> At this point, the police body camera stopped recording. That's right. Just as the police supervisor was asking Terry why he was rolling on the ground with the cops when it was the cops who had thrown Terry to the ground, the police body camera was turned off. Legal experts say the police clearly violated the constitutional rights of Terry and his family against unlawful search and seizure without a warrant and without reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime. The very moment family members told police to leave, the police were obligated to depart. Furthermore, the courts have long held that yards and a driveway constitute private property with the same protections against unlawful searches as somebody's physical home. Terry and his brother were taken to jail, charged with resisting arrest, and then released. Terry himself was the first to obtain the police body camera footage and posted it on his YouTube page, the Terry stop. It's not clear if the charges remain, although legal experts say the charges will almost certainly get dropped if they have not been already. City leaders in Springfield, Missouri call the unlawful police actions and arrests embarrassing. The police department is not talking about the incident in part because of the potential litigation. Hopefully, Terry and his family will move forward with the lawsuit and would serve as another reminder that police are obligated to uphold and defend the Constitution, not trample on it because a cop gets hurt feelings. By the way, in Indiana, a police officer has been removed from the force after assaulting a peaceful teenager during a traffic stop in South Whitley, Indiana, near Fort Wayne. That cop just threw that teenage girl to the ground. >> How old are you? >> 18. >> Good job. You're going to jail. >> The officer said she had been speeding and took too long to produce her ID. Can you please grab my phone and my license for me? >> You're now going to jail. Do you understand? You don't get to sit there and tell me how I'm going to do my job. Do you understand? >> Moments later, the girl's father arrived. >> Uh, want to give me her ID? Want to give me a registration? So, she was assisted out of the vehicle. >> Assisted. >> About 5 minutes out, maybe four. >> Well, the cop has now been assisted off the police force. Check out that video at the link below. It generated a lot of comments on YouTube. One of the most popular is from Edward Atrobus who wrote, "Firing him was totally insufficient. He assaulted her. He should be in prison." I hear you. I look forward to reading your comments about the police in Missouri who harassed a peaceful woman and then arrested her boyfriend and his best friend when they showed up. I'm David Schuster. Thanks for joining us.